Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner died on Thursday at age 56, crashing into the side of a hotel swimming pool while paragliding ...

Felix Baumgartner, the fearless extreme sportsman behind many legendary stunts, has died. He was 56. According to the Associated Press, Baumgartner died in a paragliding accident in Italy on Thursday.

View post: Porsche’s Electric Flagship SUV Might Come With A V8 Felix Baumgartner, who held a world record for skydiving, died at age 56 after a paragliding accident in Italy. Mayor Massimiliano ...

MILAN — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash ...

FILE - Felix Baumgartner of Austria gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross ...

Austrian daredevil "fearless Felix" Baumgartner, who died on Thursday aged 56, stunned fans around the world by breaking the sound barrier in a hair-raising dive from the fringe of space more than a ...

Felix Baumgartner tragically died at the age of 56 in a paragliding accident in Italy. Renowned as "Fearless Felix," his passing has left the worldwide extreme sports community in grief. Mihaela ...

Felix Baumgartner lived to leap, becoming the first person to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile skydiving adventure through the stratosphere in 2012. On Thursday, the Austrian ...